SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                   SCHEDULE TO

            Tender Offer Statement Under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1)
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                                 FINAL AMENDMENT

               EXCELSIOR DIRECTIONAL HEDGE FUND OF FUNDS (TE), LLC
                                (Name of Issuer)

               EXCELSIOR DIRECTIONAL HEDGE FUND OF FUNDS (TE), LLC
                      (Name of Person(s) Filing Statement)

                       LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY INTERESTS
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                       N/A
                      (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

                                 STEVEN L. SUSS
               Excelsior Directional Hedge Fund of Funds (TE), LLC
                               225 High Ridge Road
                               Stamford, CT 06905
                                 (203) 352-4497

 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and
           Communications on Behalf of the Person(s) Filing Statement)

                                 With a copy to:
                            Kenneth S. Gerstein, Esq.
                            Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
                                919 Third Avenue
                            New York, New York 10022
                                 (212) 756-2533

                                November 1, 2007
                       (Date Tender Offer First Published,
                       Sent or Given to Security Holders)





                            CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

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Transaction Valuation:     $1,000,000.00 (a)Amount of Filing Fee: $30.70
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(a) Calculated as the aggregate maximum repurchase price for Interests.

(b) Calculated at $30.70 per million of Transaction Valuation.

[ ]      Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule
         0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was
         previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement
         number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

         Amount Previously Paid:  $
         Form or Registration No.:
         Filing Party:
         Date Filed:

[ ]      Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary
         communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the
statement relates:

[ ]      third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.

[X]      issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.

[ ]      going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.

[ ]      amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results
of the tender offer: [X]





                  This final amendment relates to the Issuer Tender Offer
Statement on Schedule TO (the "Statement") originally filed on November 1, 2007
by Excelsior Directional Hedge Fund of Funds (TE), LLC (the "Fund") in
connection with an offer by the Fund to purchase up to $1,000,000 of interests
in the Fund ("Interests") on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
in the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal. Copies of the
Offer to Purchase and Letter of Transmittal were previously filed as Exhibits B
and C to the Statement on November 1, 2007.

                  This is the final amendment to the Statement and is being
filed to report the results of the Offer. Capitalized terms not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Offer to
Purchase.

         The following information is furnished pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)(4):

         1. The Offer expired at 12:00 midnight, Eastern Time, on December 3,
2007.

         2. The Valuation Date of the Interests tendered pursuant to the Offer
was December 31, 2007.

         3. No Interests were tendered prior to the expiration of the Offer, and
therefore, no Interests were accepted for repurchase by the Fund in accordance
with the terms of the Offer.



                                    SIGNATURE

                  After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief,
I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.


                              EXCELSIOR DIRECTIONAL
                              HEDGE FUND OF FUNDS (TE), LLC

                              By:  /s/ Steven L. Suss
                                   ---------------------------
                              Name:  Steven L. Suss
                              Title: Chief Financial Officer

March 17, 2008